My Creative Commons

This is a photo I licensed with Creative Commons.

Photo Attribution

Original Image: "West Palm Beach"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vandema3/4689214713/sizes/s/
By: vandema3

Released under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

This Copyright Lab was really a new concept to me. I have always thought of using photos in presentations and such but never once thought about any copyright laws. I thought that adding the source was the only thing I needed to do if I was to use the picture. Now I have a firm grasp of what needs to be done and what needs to be shown to properly attribute a photo's source and to make sure that my own photos are being used properly through CreativeCommons.org.

I can definitely see myself using this in my classroom in the future. I find that visual elements to a lesson is very important, especially as a Deaf Education major. I also think that using your own photos is a great way to get creative and to give importance to the student's work. Publishing the picture and having an actual copyright law for it makes the work meaningful and it recognizes the student for their work. Personally, I felt really important having my own copyright license and I hope that my future students will too!